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Newspaper
Coshocton Weekly Times
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
3
Friday at Maw town auction begins at noon featuring speed draught and roadsters. Horses come directly from farmers with no market purchases, all sold without reserve. consignments welcome and accepted on commission. buyers urged to bring cards or contact Wood Smith at Smiths Drag and Book Store for details.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple attorney names and offices in Ohio and nearby towns. Reads like a directory snippet with assorted spellings and broken lines for several law offices including Cushocton and Watertown areas, listing attorneys and a few street or office cues without coherent context or a single event.
Barnes of the Star Hotel today pursued a contract with a company for a private electrical plant. The system, to power 1000 incandescent lights, will light the hotel and service the elevator and electric fans. The installation will be inside the premises and used after a hotel addition.
Tiverton high school term ended with a reception hosted by Prof. Minsfield Almack at the Hayes residence. The same evening Miss Best Meredith died at her Tiverton home after a long illness and brave endurance.
An exiled letter recounts the San Francisco earthquake experiences and aftermath. It describes shaking, leveled stores, and widespread rebuilding efforts, noting shelters in tents, scarce food, and price gouging while emphasizing communal resilience and ongoing relief from government and individuals. The writer mentions damaged churches, limited communication, and a makeshift office while hopeful for recovery.
The Roscoe High School held its thirteenth annual commencement at the Roscoe MEE church on Thursday evening due to weather. Student orations honored nobility, silent influences, gifts of people, and the nation’s helpers, with special addresses by Estella Clark Carey Akeroyd Florence Hack and Earl Crouch. The class featured a program of essays on nature education and a final class address by J. N. Horner praised by friends.
President Hanley of the county good roads association and Editor Harney met with the commissioners who unanimously agreed to file for the state fund. The Times notes the movement’s progress, the law, and that Coshocton County aims to lead in better public highways with state one quarter and county and township shares. The decision shifts much tax burden toward non farmer property while promising farm land value gains.
San Francisco survivor Mrs Jane Mulford writes via pencil blotter postcard to Will iam Porteus in Plainfield Rand describing destruction in central San Francisco. She and her family camp in Golden Gate Park after losing home and belongings, having moved from Coshocton County nearly thirty years ago. last visit was about six years ago.
Friends and relatives mourn the death of Mrs Viola Penny formerly Miss Viola Bullinger of Tiverton in her Nebraska home. The notice lists attendees at local gatherings and visits including Mrs Henry Croy and Mrs Waldo McConnell among others.
The Coshocton city schools will hold teacher examinations at the High School on May 12 and 19 under a board of Dr Pratt Prof Richer and Attorney Merrill. The program lists Arithmetic U S History Writing Geography Literature Physiology Music Reading Business and related sessions led by Merrell Platt and Richer with scoring notes for at bats in baseball.
John Albert Eby a 40 year old minister from Irwin Pennsylvania marries Lillian Mae Catrns a 30 year old teacher from Coshocton. John Carr Glenn 29 a teacher from Newcomerstown weds Mary Ida Calhoun 31 of Oxford township. Rev H O Lucas officiated. A note mentions a River Columbia fishing method using rotating wheels to lift fish into troughs, reportedly yielding up to five tons daily.
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